exec docs should note that the no argument form in a local scope is really the two argument form

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Issue type
Documentation
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Activity status
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Tech stack
python
Domain
documentation

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Check the superseding bpo-23087 issue before starting. Locate the Python exec documentation and review the no-argument form in a local scope; update the explanation to note its two-argument behavior, then verify the documentation build.

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BPO 24800
Nosy @bitdancer, @eryksun
Superseder
  • bpo-23087: Exec variable not found error
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    GitHub fields:

    assignee = None
closed_at = None
created_at = <Date 2015-08-05.19:44:41.021>
labels = ['type-feature', '3.8', '3.9', '3.10', 'docs']
title = 'exec docs should note that the no argument form in a local scope is really the two argument form'
updated_at = <Date 2021-03-07.18:17:30.020>
user = 'https://bugs.python.org/PeterEastman'

    bugs.python.org fields:

    activity = <Date 2021-03-07.18:17:30.020>
actor = 'eryksun'
assignee = 'docs@python'
closed = False
closed_date = None
closer = None
components = ['Documentation']
creation = <Date 2015-08-05.19:44:41.021>
creator = 'Peter Eastman'
dependencies = []
files = []
hgrepos = []
issue_num = 24800
keywords = []
message_count = 9.0
messages = ['248064', '248068', '248075', '248076', '248077', '248079', '248091', '248097', '388247']
nosy_count = 4.0
nosy_names = ['r.david.murray', 'docs@python', 'eryksun', 'Peter Eastman']
pr_nums = []
priority = 'normal'
resolution = None
stage = 'needs patch'
status = 'open'
superseder = '23087'
type = 'enhancement'
url = 'https://bugs.python.org/issue24800'
versions = ['Python 3.8', 'Python 3.9', 'Python 3.10']

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